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The turning points in a marriage fall under the scrutiny of 24 female writers, including Terry McMillan, Joyce Maynard and a former Mormon who had to wear "temple-issued undergarments"
The Honeymoon's Over: True Stories of Love, Marriage, and Divorce. Edited by Andrea Chapin and Sally Wofford-Girand. Warner, 350 pp., $24.99.
By Janice Harayda
Some publishers say that "anthologies are the new memoirs," but The Honeymoon's Over makes you wonder if the boom is running on empty.
This is third essay collection I've reviewed this year that includes work by Joyce Maynard, the prolific journalist, novelist and contributor to NPR's "All Things Considered." Maynard is a good essayist whose entries have been among the best in all three books, but she's been cannibalizing her life for parts for so long that some of her stories are wearing thin. Another writer might have added more freshness to this lightweight book of essays by 24 women on turning points in their marriages.
Nothing in The Honeymoon's Over has the sophistication of Jane Smiley's reflections on her first marriage in the recent Mr. Wrong, or of the best work of essayists like Daphne Merkin or Phillip Lopate. And the worst entries are bad enough to put off the poeple who might appreciate this book the most – those who are trying to decide whether to leave a marriage. Terry McMillan's writing goes further south in a bitter, profane and disorganized screed against her ex-husband. Daniela Kuper makes cloying use of second-person narration in an account of her efforts to get her son back from a guru. And Zelda Lockhart devotes 20 pages to her past without making you understand why she married a lesbian partner with whom she fought regularly and to whom she had "never been physically attracted."
The best entries in The Honeymoon's Over describe experiences strong enough to carry them despite any flaws in the writing. Perhaps the most memorable is Elissa Minor Rust's essay on why she has stayed with her husband since leaving the Mormon faith they once shared, an unusually candid report on Latter Day Saints teachings on sex roles. Did you know that married Mormon women must wear "temple-issued undergarments"? This is the kind of information you rarely get from news shows on Mormonism, which tend to focus instead on the LDS tolerance for polygamy. Rust avoids writing about politics, but her essay indirectly suggests some of the problems Mitt Romney may face in his bid for the presidency. How long will it be before the tabloids – or Sixty Minutes – start asking where his wife gets her underwear?
Best line: Rust describes the Mormon rules that she and her boyfriend, now her husband, had to follow when he moved to New York to begin the two years of missionary work required of young Mormon men: "We weren't allowed to speak, except on Christmas and Mother's Day (and even that was stretching the rules; he was allowed to call his family on those two holidays, but he also called me). For two years, our only communication was through letters – and he was only allowed to write one a week. For a person like me who has always fought against rules and power structure, this was torture. I would have had more access to the man I loved were he in prison."
Worst line (tie): No. 1: Terry McMillan's rambling and vengeful list of "100 Questions" for her ex-husband. McMillan writes on page 97, "I've forgiven you," and on page 98, "I haven't exactly forgiven you." Which is it? No. 2: Andrea Chapin and Sally Wofford-Girand write of the contributors to this book: "Women in their second marriages seemed to choose better mates and by then were better equipped themselves to make a marriage work." Then why do second marriages have a higher divorce rate than first marriages?
Caveat lector: Some Web sites say, incorrectly, that this book includes an essay by Jane Smiley (making you wonder if she was scheduled to appear in it but bailed out in favor of the more flattering lighting of Mr. Wrong).
Consider reading instead: Mr. Wrong: Real-Life Stories of the Men We Used to Love (Ballantine, $24.95), edited by Harriet Brown.
Editor: Amy Einhorn
Published: February 2007
© 2007 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.


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Preparing Vocational High Information Technology Teachers Applying Knowledge Management in Taiwan
Hung-Jen Yang; Jui-Chen Yu; Shi-Jer Lou; Rong-Jue Fang; Shih-Van Chao; Luke Huang
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In the trend of rapid information technology development and global competition, the 21st century has become an era of knowledge economy. If teachers can apply knowledge management (KM), the teaching effectiveness will be increasing and the teachers'...
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In New York, crude rose 30 cents to finish at $97.31 per barrel. Brent crude, which is used to price oil that many U.S. refineries buy to make gasoline, rose 12 cents to end at $118 per barrel in London.
Crude rose sharply in early January, then began to waver between $95 and $98 per barrel, where it has stayed for the past month.
But just as oil prices began to flatten, retail gasoline prices began to take off. The average U.S. pump price has risen every day since Jan. 18, adding 34 cents over the period. On Thursday it rose a penny to $3.63, the highest ever for this time of year.
Americans may be able to offset higher gasoline bills with lower heating and electricity bills. Natural gas futures fell 14.3 cents, or 4.3 percent, to finish at $3.16 per thousand cubic feet, after the Energy Department reported that the nation's natural gas supplies remained well above their five-year average last week.
Oil prices rose despite data showing continuing weakness in the European economy. The eurozone economy shrank by 0.6 percent in the final quarter of 2012 from the previous three-month period, more than the 0.4-percent drop expected by markets, according to Eurostat, the EU statistics office. Germany, Europe's largest economy, shrank by 0.6 percent for the period.
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Armstrong does not expect oil to continue to rise, however, because supplies are ample and demand is about flat. "I don't expect we'll revisit the highs we saw last year," he said. "The fundamentals are going to reassert themselves soon."
There is some disagreement on just how much the oil the world economy needs. On Wednesday the Paris-based International Energy Agency lowered its consumption forecast by 85,000 barrels a day compared with data from a month ago. On Tuesday OPEC raised its 2013 forecast for global demand, citing signs of recovery in the global economy.
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Mike, 45, was about 25 feet from the top of Dracula (NEI 4), a famous 110-foot testpiece in New Hampshire, when he realized that something was wrong. The rope went tight, Mike said, and it stayed tight. He yelled down to his older brother Chris (who was out of sight) for slack, but he heard nothing. The rope was pulling him away from his firmly planted ice axes. Mike was able to downclimb until he was below his last screw, which alleviated some of the rope's tension. He clipped directly into that screw with a quickdraw and then drove in another screw, to which he also anchored. Secure, Mike was then able to see Chris and assess the situation. His brother had been knocked unconscious, presumably by ice that Mike dislodged while leading. Chris's limp body slumped over his passive belay device, which still held the rope. Chris, unconscious, had slid down the snowy stance beneath the climb, pulling the rope down with him.
After yelling for help for 10 minutes, Mike gained the attention of two climbers who rushed over. One of them tended to Chris while the other took control of the rope and lowered Mike from his two-screw anchor. Chris was still unconscious. The back left side of his helmet was badly fractured and his head was bleeding heavily. While the two climbers waited with Chris, Mike rushed to the parking lot, about a mile away, to initiate a rescue. With no cellular reception, Mike knocked on the door of a private home near the trailhead. The residents graciously allowed him to phone an ambulance. Mike then retrieved a rescue litter cached at the trailhead, and returned to the accident scene. Hardly a quarter mile up, Mike met Chris, who had regained consciousness and was stumbling down with the support of the two climbers.
Although he was able to walk out, Chris's injury was severe. An ambulance rushed him to Memorial Hospital in nearby North Conway, where he was diagnosed with a fractured skull. He was promptly transferred to Maine Medical Center in Portland, from which he was discharged on December 11, returning to his home in Lexington, Massachusetts. Chris is reportedly recovering slowly. As of press time, he had been admitted to a third hospital, Boston's Massachusetts General.
Mike and Chris share over 40 years of collective experience. They have spent their adult lives climbing around New England and have taken on serious alpine endeavors such as a 1990 expedition to the Himalaya. Dracula was well within their ability levels and they were very familiar with the route. In fact, on the morning of the accident, Chris had successfully led Dracula. He'd found the cold ice to be brittle and prone to fracturing. Mike, his belayer, was keenly aware of the falling ice.
After Chris led Dracula, he set a belay at a large tree on top of the flow, and Mike followed the pitch. While walking the descent trail, the brothers checked the conditions of other routes. Most were not in, and the few that were climbable were occupied. Nobody was on Dracula so the brothers decided to do another lap.
During Mike's turn leading Dracula, he made sure Chris took advantage of a protected belay in a rock alcove at the base of the route, well away from the route's principle fall line. Despite the pair's sound decision making, Chris ultimately fell victim to a large chunk of ice that bounced, shattered and sent basketball-sized chunks toward him. While Chris had no control of the ice fall, he did have control over other factors, such as his choice of helmet.
Rick Wilcox, president of the area's Mountain Rescue Service and owner of International Mountain Equipment, helped collect Chris' equipment the day of the accident. He observed that Chris' kevlar helmet, an outdated HB El Cap, had no foam liner. According to Wilcox, older helmets such as this one were built for strength and durability. While they may remain intact after multiple blows, hard helmets transfer the energy of a falling object directly to the skull. Over the past 10 years, Wilcox says, the philosophy behind climbing helmets has changed. Industry research such as that done by the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) Safety Commission has favored foam-lined helmets that help absorb the energy of a falling object. These helmets protect the head in the same way that crumble-zones in modern automobiles protect passengers in car crashes.
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SEATTLE (AP) — "Grey's Anatomy" star Patrick Dempsey may be the real "McSteamy."
The actor, who was dubbed "McDreamy" by fans of the hospital drama while his co-star affectionately has been called "McSteamy," won a bankruptcy auction to buy Tully's Coffee, a small coffee chain based in Seattle.
Among those Dempsey beat out is Tully's much bigger Seattle neighbor, Starbucks Corp., which wanted to convert the cafes to its own brand.
Dempsey, whose company Global Baristas LLC plans to keep the Tully's name, declared victory on the social media site Twitter with the message: "We met the green monster, looked her in the eye, and...SHE BLINKED! We got it! Thank you Seattle!
But Starbucks says not so fast. The chain, which has 18,000 cafes worldwide, said in a statement that a final determination on the winning bid won't be made until a court hearing on Jan. 11. Starbucks said it's in a "back-up" position" to buy 25 of the 47 Tully's cafes, with another undisclosed bidder making an offer for the remainder.
The combined bids of Starbucks and the undisclosed bidder come to $10.6 million, above the $9.2 million Dempsey is offering to pay through his company.
Tully's Coffee, which has more than 500 employees and locations in Washington and California, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October, citing lease obligations and underperforming stores. TC Global Inc., its parent company, said in a release Friday that it was "encouraged and excited" about Dempsey's commitment to the chain.
"I'm thrilled that we won and I'm even more excited about saving Tully's Coffee and its hundreds of jobs," Dempsey said. Seattle has a special place in Dempsey's career — "Grey's Anatomy" took place in a fictional hospital in the city.
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June 20th, 2012
Advocacy group: 26,000 die prematurely without health insurance
A national health care consumer advocacy group estimates that three Americans die every hour as a result of not having health insurance.
According to "Dying for Coverage," the latest report by Families USA, 72 Americans die each day, 500 Americans die every week and approximately Americans 2,175 die each month, due to lack of health insurance.
"The Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress to address an American tragedy and an American shame," said Ron Pollack, Executive Director Families USA. "The fact remains that for the millions of Americans without health coverage, only the Affordable Care offers the promise of access to affordable coverage and to a longer and healthier life."
Families USA has been a staunch supporter of President Obama's health care reform law.
According to Families USA between 2005 and 2010, premature deaths rose from 20,350 to 26,100. The total number during that time was 134,120. Each state is affected, the organization said. Vermont had the fewest deaths with 28 while California had the most - 3,164, according to this report.
The method used to determine how many lives were lost was based on a model developed by the Institute of Medicine in 2002 for their report "Care without Coverage: Too Little, Too Late." In that report, the IOM found 18,000 adults between 25 and 64 died in 2000 because they didn't have health insurance.
"For almost 50 million Americans, not having health insurance isn't trivial, or just an inconvenience or a minor budget challenge." Pollack said. "Because of the way we currently provide and charge for health care, many millions of Americans without health coverage are denied regular access to quality care, and many of these people face an unjust sentence of a less healthy life and an earlier death."
Robert Zirkelbach, spokesman for America's Health Insurance Plans, the national trade association that represents the insurance industry said the rising cost of care needs to be addressed.
"Health plans have long supported reforms to give all Americans the peace of mind and financial security that health care coverage provides. The nation must also address the soaring cost of medical care that is adding a financial burden on families and employers and threatening the long-term sustainability of our vital safety net programs."
But Families USA says the current delivery system is stacked against those without insurance. They pay more for care because they can't negotiate discounted prices on doctor and hospital charges like insurance companies can. As a result they often don't get preventative care and forgo or delay screenings and necessary medical care.
The report further states that in the past 2 years, uninsured women older than 50 were half as likely as insured women to get mammograms. Low-income uninsured adults were 5 times less likely to get screened for colon cancer in the past 5 years compared to insured adults. Cancer patients without insurance are five times more likely to delay or even skip treatment because of the cost.
In addition, uninsured adults are more often diagnosed with advanced stage disease and they are 25% more likely to die prematurely than those with private insurance.
"The Affordable Care Act lets us wake up from this terrible health care nightmare of premature death," Pollack said. "Wiping out health reform means the nightmare will continue for all Americans."
Forty year old Regina Holliday says having care is a game changer. She and her husband Frederick were married for almost 16 years. During most of that time they had no health insurance even though both worked multiple jobs-most of them part time. They had two small children and paid all their medical bills out of pocket.
"Two adults with 2 children and 6 jobs and we couldn't afford health insurance between the two of us living in D.C." Regina said. "We didn't go to the doctor until we were really, really, really sick-couldn't get out of bed sick."
Frederick, a college professor, had a urinary tract stricture – a pre-existing condition and yet another barrier to finding affordable coverage. "Rent and food was just pretty much all of our money every month so when we looked at policies with pre-existing conditions we couldn't afford that," said Regina.
In 2008 she got a fulltime job that paid for health insurance but they could not afford the family coverage so only Regina had health care. Soon thereafter Fred found a full time job teaching. For the first time in years the entire family had coverage. It was around that time that Frederick began to get sick.
He was always tired, lost weight, was in pain. After numerous tests and scans Frederick was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer. It had metastasized to his stomach, bones, and lungs. He died several months later at the age of 39.
"I believe that if my husband had consistent health care during his adult life he would still be alive today," Regina told CNN. "Today, I'm a member of Kaiser Permanente and I see how true preventative care works-annual physicals, paying attention to medical records, charting how you're doing year to year. If anyone had ever done that for my husband there's a very good chance he'd be alive today."
The method used to determine how many lives were lost was based on a model developed by the Institute of Medicine in 2002 for their report "Care without Coverage: Too Little, Too Late." In that report, the IOM found 18,000 adults between 25 and 64 died in 2000 because they didn't have health insurance.
Pollack says if the Affordable Health Care Act stays intact and goes into effect fully in 2014, millions of American will be eligible for help covering costs and insurance companies will no longer be able to deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions or charge them higher premiums.
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Modi eats Blue Saffron s hitt
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He loves the brown stuff.
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Neighbors thrilled by NJ man's $338M Powerball win
PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — Pedro Quezada's neighbors see a lot of themselves in the winner of the $338 million Powerball jackpot: hardworking, a family man, an immigrant, and someone who has known hard times.
That's why they're so thrilled that one of their own has finally struck it rich.
Quezada, 44, entered Eagle Liquors store, where his ticket was sold, late Monday afternoon. The Passaic store's owner ran Quezada's ticket through the lottery machine and, as a newspaper and television outlets recorded the moment, validated that it was a winner.
"This is super for all of us on this block," said Eladia Vazquez, who has lived across the street from Quezada's building for the past 25 years. Quezada and his family "deserve it because they are hardworking people."
Quezada told reporters in Spanish that he was "very happy" and that he intends to help his family.
"I still can't believe it," his wife, Ines Sanchez, told The Record in Bergen County. "We never expected it, but thank God."
The New Jersey Lottery confirmed that the winning ticket was validated at Eagle Liquors at 4:30 p.m. Monday, but officials said they didn't yet know the winner's name.
The numbers drawn Saturday were 17, 29, 31, 52, 53 and Powerball 31. A lump sum payout would be $221 million, or about $152 million after taxes. It's the fourth-largest jackpot in Powerball history.
The Quezada family's apartment sits at the end of a short dead end block that abuts a highway in Passaic, 15 miles northwest of New York City.
The block has a half-dozen three-story brick apartment buildings on each side, and Vazquez says it's a neighborhood where everyone knows everyone, including what car they drive and what parking space they use.
Alberto Liranzo, who lives two floors below Quezada, said the lottery winner has five children and owns a bodega in Passaic.
Dominican immigrant Jose Gonzalez said he barbecues and plays dominoes with Quezada in the summers in a backyard on their street.
"He sometimes would work from six in the morning to 11 at night, so I did not see him much," Gonzalez said in Spanish Monday night. "I am happy for him. ... I don't know where he is now but I imagine he will drop by to say hi to his friends."
Neighbors told The Record that the Quezada family has suffered bad luck in recent years. Two years, ago, thieves broke into their apartment and stole everything from clothing to jewelry. The year before, a fire destroyed much of their bodega, they said.
Now, the family's luck has changed with their Powerball success.
"It's a blessing for the neighborhood," resident Daphne Robinson told The Record. "It gives people hope that there is a blessing somewhere, for somebody."
Richard Delgado, who lives down the block from Quezada's building, also described Quezada as "a hard worker, like all of us here. We all get up in the morning and go to work."
Delgado said he got up Sunday morning and was going to take his dog for a walk when he heard the radio announce the Powerball results.
"When I heard there was one winner and it was in New Jersey, I immediately went and checked my tickets," Delgado said. "I wanted to be that guy."
When asked what it would be like to suddenly win such a large amount, Delgado said a person would have to set priorities.
"No. 1 is your health, because if you don't have that, the rest doesn't matter," he said. "No. 2 is your family. You take care of your own and live the rest of your life in peace. That's all anyone can do."
No one had won the Powerball jackpot since early February, when Dave Honeywell in Virginia bought the winning ticket and elected a cash lump sum for his $217 million jackpot.
The largest Powerball jackpot ever came in at $587.5 million in November. The winning numbers were picked on two different tickets — one by a couple in Missouri and the other by an Arizona man — and the jackpot was split.
Nebraska still holds the record for the largest Powerball jackpot won on a single ticket — $365 million — by eight workers at a Lincoln meatpacking plant in February 2006.
Powerball is played in 42 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The chance of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is about 1 in 175 million.
Associated Press writers Claudia Torrens in Passaic and Angela Delli Santi in Lawrenceville, N.J., contributed to this report.


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Was it really necessary for Apple CEO Tim Cook to publicly apologize to Chinese consumers for questionable customer service? Whether you think it was the right move or not, Monday's apology apparently resonated with the Chinese state media that originally criticized Apple. Reuters reports that Chinese newspapers were quick to change their tune on Apple's perceived "arrogance" when it comes to warranties and customer service, openly praising Apple for responding to consumers.
"The company's apology letter has eased the situation, softening the tense relationship between Apple and the Chinese market ... Its reaction is worth respect compared with other American companies," read a piece by the Global Times published in the People's Daily. The Chinese Foreign Ministry was also reportedly pleased with Apple's response, saying during a news conference that it approved of Cook's letter.
The letter, written in Chinese and signed by Cook (loose Google Translation), was a response to previous criticisms from Chinese state media about Apple's opaque warranty policies. Cook offered an apology for the lack of external communication and promised to increase training for staff, improve how it handles iPhone 4 and 4S repairs, and more. "[W]e always harbor immense respect [for] China; the Chinese consumer is always the top priority of our hearts," reads a translated line from Cook's letter.
As noted by Reuters and echoed by All Things D, Cook's apology was all-but-necessary in order for Apple to continue its strong business trajectory in China. Cook repeatedly cites China in the company's earnings calls as leading the company's growth in device sales and retail, stating earlier this year that he believes China will soon become Apple's single largest market. But Apple also showed the Chinese government that criticism through the media gets results, and we may end up seeing more stories like this one as Apple continues its forays into Asia.


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Once upon a time, California was home to groundbreaking work in abstract, avant-garde animation. One of the most influential abstract animators was Oskar Fischinger (1900–1967), brought to Hollywood by Paramount from Berlin in 1936, thus becoming the direct link from the European avant-garde film movement to West Coast experimental filmmaking. Fischinger's animated films were quite successful in Europe in the 1930s, screening in first-run theatres worldwide. This Friday we explore this rich, pre-digital history of abstract animation and "visual music," when Center for Visual Music (CVM) and LACMA present "Design in Motion: Oskar Fischinger and Abstract Animation," a two-part series highlighting California abstraction on film.
The first program, "Optical Poetry: An Oskar Fischinger Retrospective," includes his famous European work and films made in Hollywood. His films influenced generations of filmmakers, animators, and artists and we'll see some of their work in the second program.
Fischinger produced more than fifty short films and eight hundred paintings and is recognized as the father of visual music and the grandfather of music videos. Today his films screen worldwide, his paintings are in major museums, and an HD installation by CVM re-creating his early expanded cinema performances, Raumlichtkunst, opens at the Whitney Museum and Tate Modern this June.
Fischinger lived and worked in Los Angeles from 1936 until his death in 1967, though his independent artistic vision didn't mesh well with studio expectations. He resigned from Paramount over creative differences and had difficulty at Disney (where his Fantasia designs were deemed too abstract). He worked briefly for MGM and Orson Welles. With support from the Museum of Non-Objective Painting in New York (which became the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum), he bought back his unfinished film from Paramount and completed it in 1943. The resulting film, Allegretto (screening Friday), is one of the most popular abstract animated films of all time.
In California, Fischinger began painting, and his ties to LACMA go back as far as 1949, when Fischinger's artwork was included in the California Centennial Exhibition and the 1952 show Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity.
In the 1940s and 1950s, Fischinger's studio in his West Hollywood home became a mecca for experimental filmmakers who came to see his films and to show him their own: Jordan Belson, Harry Smith, Maya Deren, the Whitney Brothers, and others. Orson Welles, Paul Hindemith, and many European émigrés visited, as well as Fischinger's close friends Jules Engel, Galka Scheyer, and Harry Bertoia.
The final program, "Color and Form: Modernist Animation in California," features more abstract animation made in California and Fischinger's Muntz TV ad. In San Francisco, Belson began developing an entirely new abstract language in his films beginning in 1947, and we'll screen several rarely seen films, including Mandala and Caravan. Also in the Bay Area, Harry Smith produced his first hand-painted animations. In Los Angeles, Engel, emerging from UPA Studios, began making his own personal art films. His Landscape, Play Pen, and Mobiles screen Friday. And in Altadena, Charles Dockum invented a Mobilcolor light projection system, which he performed locally.
It's a rare opportunity these days to see so many films in restored 35mm and 16mm original formats. All prints are from the collection of Center for Visual Music; the Fischinger films were restored by CVM, the Academy Film Archive, EYE Film Institute (Amsterdam), and the Fischinger Archive. The films will be screened in the Bing Theater. LACMA members and Film Club members receive discounts on tickets.
Cindy Keefer, curator/archivist, Center for Visual Music
The Center for Visual Music is a non-profit archive dedicated to visual music, abstract cinema, and experimental animation.


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Dec. 21 may not have been the end of the world, but it was certainly a good beginning to the ski and snowboard season at the Mt. Shasta Ski Park. The park opened its slopes Friday for the first time this season with two feet of fresh powder from the strong winter storm that covered many areas of Siskiyou County in deep snow.
This year's opening day was a cause for celebration – not only because of the good snow conditions, but also because it came a full month earlier than last season when the park was not able to open until Jan. 21 due to lack of snow. In addition, the storm that dumped more than three feet of snow on the park over the weekend will also allow the park to operate at full capacity throughout the holiday season.
With students out of school and many people enjoying holiday breaks from their jobs, ski and snowboard parks, snow sports shops and a wide variety of other businesses in ski towns earn a large portion of their seasonal revenue during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day.
Mt. Shasta Ski Park Marketing Manager and Mount Shasta Chamber of Commerce member Jim Mullins said having the ski park open brings substantial economic activity to Siskiyou County and every additional day of operation equals additional income for local business owners and employees. It also brings joy and entertainment to the people who love to ski and snowboard.
"The snow was epic today," said Chris Williams, who traveled with two friends from Redding to hit the slopes on opening day. "We got here late because I-5 north was closed for a while this morning, but we're staying all weekend."
Yreka resident Samantha Hollings said she was skeptical of the conditions at the park before arriving. "We had almost no snow in Yreka, so I was surprised when I went to the ski park's website and saw they had 24 inches of fresh snow. I'm glad I made the trip down here. This is great."
Even with the heavy accumulation of snow across the region making travel challenging, several hundred people managed to make their way to the park. As the sun went down and the slopes lit up for night skiing, Sliders Lounge came alive with the classic rock sounds of local band Soda Creek.
Inside the lounge Friday evening, ski park owner Andy Aguilera enjoyed the music and celebration with friends and family.
He said he was very happy to have the park open before the holidays. "It's been a great day. The snow is great, the music is great and everyone had a great time," he said, adding, "and of course I enjoyed my opening day tradition of taking the first run. It was awesome."
The Mt. Shasta Ski Park will be open from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. every day through Jan. 5. For more information about hours, prices and services, visit skipark.com.


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Verizon has filed a patent for a DVR that can watch and listen to the goings-on in your living room. In the application, the company proposes to use the technology to serve targeted ads appropriate to whatever you're doing in the, uh, privacy of your own home—fighting, cuddling, or hanging out with your cats.
Verizon is far from the first company to think of this unassailably creepy use for a set-top box. Comcast patented similar monitoring technology in 2008 for recommending content based on people it recognizes in the room; Google proposed yet another patent for Google TV that would use audio and video recorders to figure out how many people in a room are watching the current broadcast.
Verizon filed for the application in May 2011, and it was just published last week. (By law, all patent applications are published after 18 months.) In the document, which was first noticed by FierceCable, Verizon gives two examples of the context-sensitive DVR's use in a couple's living room: sounds of arguing prompt ads for marriage counseling, while sounds of "cuddling" prompts ads for contraceptives. Charming.
Generally, these uses of cameras and mics frighten the living daylights out of customers (understandably so), so all of these patents have yet to be put to use. Still, the wheels continue to turn in content providers' heads about how to get eyes and ears in your living room, even as the creepiness factor persists.


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Exclusive Hannibal Video: Go Inside the Deliciously Twisted Mind of Creator Bryan Fuller
Do you spend a lot of time laughing while watching Hannibal? Neither do we, but creator Bryan Fuller actually doesn't see the NBC crime drama being that far off from some of his whimsical past projects.
In our exclusive first look at the latest edition of "Post Mortem with Scott Thompson," a web series hosted by the actor who plays Hannibal's lab geek Jimmy, Fuller explains how he was lured to the project. "I was just intrigued with a gentleman cannibal," Fuller says. "There was so much fun to what he does as somebody who eats the rude - there was inherent comedy to be had. I see this as a very, very, very dark comedy."
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Dark indeed. However, Fuller insists that although his show deals with serial killers, he doesn't think Hannibal plays by the same rules as other series in the genre. "The serial killers are fantastical; it's a heightened reality," he says. "The reality of it is covered so well on other crime procedural shows where women are frequently raped and murdered. That's something I don't want to do on this show. I find it difficult to derive any entertainment from rape."
As for what's still to come in the second season? Fuller promises that Will (Hugh Dancy) will go to extreme (and dangerous) lengths in order to bring Hannibal (Mads Mikkelsen) to justice. "It's going to be a bloodbath," Fuller says of the finale. "It ends poorly for most."
Watch Fuller's complete interview below, and check out full episodes of Hannibalhere.
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International Women's Day is upon us, dear readers! The March 8th holiday isn't something we celebrate with much gusto here in the states, but it's celebrated heartily in other corners of the world. We first learned about Women's Day from an ex-pat friend who lives in Italy, where Italian regazzi give their ladies yellow mimosas as they gather for women-only dinners and parties. Anyone who's seen an episode of Sex and the City or ever happened across a huge group of girls at the bar finds this commonplace, but in Italy, ladies night is not so. In Poland Women's Day is similar to American Mother's Day; in Pakistan it's a day to commemorate the struggle for women's rights.
Women's Day arose after an important protest on March 8, 1908, when 15,000 women took to the streets of New York, marching for voting rights, shorter hours, and better pay. The Socialist Party of America declared National Women's Day to be February 28 the following year.
Women's Day went global in 1910 when the delegates to the 2nd Annual Working Women's Conference in Copenhagen unanimously approved an International Women's Day. The first International Women's Day was celebrated on March 19, 1911, with more than a million men and women attending rallies around the globe, campaigning for women's rights to vote, work, and hold public office. The holiday was moved to March 8 two years later and has been celebrated then ever since. In 1975 the holiday received official sanction from the U.N. and has been an officially sponsored holiday ever since.
This International Women's Day, why not celebrate with a cocktail from the "Lady" category? White Lady, Chorus Lady, Creole Lady – there are several but a Pink Lady will always be my go to.
Pink Lady
1.5 oz Plymouth gin
.5 oz applejack
.5 oz fresh lemon juice
.5 oz grenadine
1 egg white
Combine ingredients without ice in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Fill the shaker with ice and shake shake shake until frothy and delicious.


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What is the IP Location for IPv4 188.8.131.52?
Our tracking system has found an IP location of 184.108.40.206 (ASN: AS12430 Vodafone Spain), with hostname set to 47-63-230-54.red-acceso.airtel.net, at latitude 41.6405 and longitude -0.8815 in the Zaragoza Aragon Spain .
[Did you know that IP 188.8.131.52 is actually the IP country address of the Spain on the Europe continent?
And here we will provide some statistical data on the number and ratio between assigned IPv4 and IPv6 addresses by country on that continent.
The top 5 countries on the European continent, according to assigned IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, are the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands.
In terms of the number of assigned IPv4 addresses, the United Kingdom is the first in Europe and the fourth in the world with a number of 123,500,144 i.e. 2.9% of the total number of assigned IPv4 addresses, while Germany is second in Europe and fifth in the world with a number of 118,132,104 i.e. a percentage of 2.8 % of total allocated IPv4 addresses.
In terms of the number of allocated IPv6 addresses, Germany is first in Europe and third in the world with a number of 23,353, while the United Kingdom is second in Europe (right behind Germany) and fourth in the world with a number of 22,651.
The final allocation of IPv4 addresses per country has been completed, so it will no longer be possible to allocate more IPv4 blocks at the country level. The future belongs to IPv6 addresses, which will be increasingly implemented and used in the future. ]
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6 Responses to "The "Turban Effect""
July 2, 2008 at 9:22 am
Did they control for other types of face-obscuring clothing like Halloween masks, pantyhose, ninja-style masks, etc. or even just hats. Perhaps this is less of a "turban effect" and more of a "mask effect" or "hat effect".
July 5, 2008 at 1:34 pm
[…] New study in The experimental Journal of Psychology is examined at the Situationist, looking at the uncomfortable effect a turban unconciously has on our judgement here in the western […]
July 9, 2008 at 5:13 am
Lately, some scholars have been looking at reasons behind and implication of manipulating fear. Princeton University's John F. Wilson explains why: The obsession with managing evil comes from "a concern, often exaggerated, to achieve control over those aspects of life experienced as uncertain." From the Puritans to the present, people bent on controlling their lives have been haunted by the inescapable fear that they might lose that very control.
Sensational cases startle the public into accepting a new understanding by opening gateways to the publics fears and frustrations, and igniting processes that illuminate the boundaries of a community, notes Indiana Professor Steven Chermak, author of "Searching for a Demon", adding: "The media defines these events, relying primarily on representatives from institutions typically used in the construction of news."
According to Professor Chermark : "The legitimacy of a threat depends only on the perception that the target is extremely dangerous to the security and stability of society. Thus a threat is successful when it produces fear. Fear is a vitally important cultural commodity that helps to justify the demonization of individuals and groups by people in power. The news media contributes directly to this demonization by sustaining and feeding off of the publics fears. The news media will intensify its coverage when a threat is thought to be significant, but in doing so, it promotes and aggravates the corresponding fear." In an article, Marketing Fear: Representing Terrorism After September 11 in the Journal for Crime, Conflict and the Media Chermak notes that by framing specific or unspecified opponents, clear or ambiguous opponents as threatening helped to dehumanize these targets, and validate any planned responses by social control agencies and justify the need for additional resources to respond to them.
But such tendency can reach a level where some sensationalists aspire to see their audience to live in what Jeanne Jordan, author of The Panic diaries, calls "a world of perpetual 'duck and cover', a world of terror alerts scrolling across the bottom of our television screens. A world where evening news feeds our fear." Many of us are beginning to get weary of the pushier sort of experts, declare Christopher Booker and Richard North. In their book, Scared to Death: From BSE to Global Warming they point out: Gone is the sense of proportion, the admission of scientific doubt, the ability to weigh risks against benefits. Taking seriously a year's worth of their health warnings would give anyone an eating disorder. This tendency makes Anne Applebaum, author of 'Finding Things to Fear' remark: Now that we've eliminated most of the things that the human race once feared, we've just invented new ones to replace them.
The discourses of state agencies locate Islam and Muslim communities not simply as "problem communities" but as security concerns, notes Defence Studies scholar Katherine Brown. There is a need to watch out if certain contributors to this debate about minority communities wish to steer it from discussing 'politics of difference' to stirring up the 'politics of fear'.
July 10, 2008 at 12:01 am
[…] The "Turban Effect" […]
May 17, 2013 at 3:41 am
This finding is amazing! But turbans don't instantly mean Muslim. Especially the kinds of turbans used in the example within the article. I wonder what this means for Sikhs who also wear a variety of turbans (especially in the U.S). I would also be interested to see perceptions towards stereotypical muslim appearance, especially beards!
August 24, 2018 at 7:54 am
Very helpful article. Thanks for sharing.


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Fostering Conducive Conditions for Climate Assessments: Collaborative Scenario Planning and the Colorado River Basin Study. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona., 2014.
Farm and Ecological Resilience to Water Supply Variability. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, 151(1), pp.70-83., 2013.
Field of Dreams or Dream Team? Assessing Two Models for Drought Impact Reporting in the Semiarid Southwest. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94(10), pp.1507–1517., 2013.
Farm Resilience to Water Supply Variability: An Econometric Analysis of Risk Management Strategies in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona., 2012.
Farm size, Irrigation Practices, and Conservation Program Participation in the U.S. Southwest. Irrigation and Drainage, 61, pp.569 – 582., 2012.
Finding a Place for Climate Science in the Rural West. Rural Connections, 5(2), pp.5-10., 2011.
Forecasting the Monsoon: What to Expect (or not) this Summer. Southwest Climate Outlook, 10(6), pp.3-5., 2011.
Farmer Participation in Temporary Irrigation Forbearance: Portfolio Risk Management. Rural Connections, (2), pp.43-48., 2010.
The final gasp: Pinyon pines die faster during warmer droughts. Southwest Climate Outlook, 9(4), pp.3-5., 2010.
Flood Flows of the San Pedro River Basin. In Ecology and Conservation of the San Pedro River. Tucson: University of Arizona Press., 2009.
A Formal Framework for Scenario Development in Support of Environmental Decision-Making. Environmental Modeling and Software, 24(7), pp.798-808., 2009.
Future Hydroclimatology and the Research Challenges of a Post-Stationary World. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, (142), pp.4-9., 2009.
Flash floods in city enviroments. Southwest Climate Outlook, 7(9), pp.3-5., 2008.
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Federal Farm Programs and Water Use in the Western United States. In Negotiating Tribal Water Rights: Fulfilling Promises in the Arid West. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press., 2005.
Fire Season Prospects Split East of the Rockies. Wildfire, 14(2)., 2005.
Flowing Uphill Toward Money: Groundwater Management and Ejidal Producers in Mexico's Free Trade Environment. In Changing Structure of Mexico: Political, Social and Economic Prospects. New York: M.E. Sharpe, pp. 341-360., 2005.
Forecasters expect below-normal East Pacific hurricane activity despite likely El Niño development this season. Southwest Climate Outlook, 3(8), pp.3-4., 2004.
The future Colorado River: Will it deliver?. Southwest Climate Outlook, 3(12), pp.2-4., 2004.
Frequency-Dependent Climate Signal in Upper and Lower Forest Border Trees in the Mountains of the Great Basin. Climatic Change, 59(1-2), pp.233-244., 2003.
Factors affecting seasonal forecast use in Arizona water management: a case study of the 1997-98 El Nino. Climate Research, 21(3), pp.259-269., 2002.
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Facilitating Use of Climate Information for Wildfire Decision-Making in the U.S. Southwest. Fourth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, pp.116-122., 2001.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A young boy who survived an 11-story fall from a Minneapolis high-rise has been dubbed "the miracle baby" and was recovering in a hospital Wednesday.
Fifteen-month-old Musa Dayib suffered a broken spine and ribs as well as a concussion and a punctured lung. Musa's relatives believe he slipped through the railing of his family's apartment balcony Sunday evening.
The boy was in critical but stable condition Wednesday, Hennepin County Medical Center spokeswoman Christine Hill said. Dr. Tina Slusher of the hospital's pediatric intensive care unit told the Star Tribune that Musa landed on a small patch of mulch.
"If you and I fell that far, we would be dead," Slusher said. "He's a kid. So they tend to be more flexible and pliable than you and I would be. Having said that, it's a real gift from God that he made it because this is a huge fall."
A group of Somali-Americans who live in the area quickly gathered as emergency workers treated the boy and an ambulance took him to the hospital, said community activist Abdirizak Bihi. "When people found out he survived, no one could believe it," Bihi said.
Bihi said the child's mother was running errands while his father watched the boy and his 3-year-old sister. The father had gone briefly into another room when the boy fell, Bihi said. In a statement released by hospital officials, the parents said they were thankful for the "continued prayers for Musa and his family at this time."
The owner of the apartment building met with community members to discuss measures to keep children safe. At a tenants' meeting Tuesday night, Riverside Plaza owner George Sherman said maintenance staff will close off balcony doors for any tenant who asks, according to Minnesota Public Radio News.
"For residents who would like to have a mechanism to block their patio doors from being opened, we will provide that accommodation, (we) have in the past, and will continue to provide that at no charge for the residents," Sherman said.
Sherman said he's also checking to see what sort of permanent childproof locks are allowed under the fire code. The balcony meets requirements under city building codes. The vertical rods under the railing are 5 ½ inches apart, a larger space than today's building code requires, according to Minneapolis city building official Patrick Higgins. However, updates to the code are grandfathered in.
"If they chose to upgrade those rails, they would have had to have brought them to the new standard, which is 4 inches. But we don't proactively go in and say, 'Code change, now you've got to change all your building systems.' If it was previously approved by the code, it's grandfathered until they choose to rebuild that area," Higgins said.


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Decorations are nabbed from one family's yard, and found on a neighbor's lawn. The crime lands on the RidicuList.
Post by: Anderson Cooper
Filed under: The RidicuList
I am speechless or nearly so at the sheer crassness and gumption of the perpetrator. What kind of neighbor does this and expects to not be discovered or does not care? The courts do not want to deal with this, but the owner should swear a criminal complaint and insist on prosecution. Do not confront neighbor with malice in mind. No need to turn a property crime into an assault or worse.
Are you kidding me? What kind of mentality would drive a person to steal from their neighbor,then have the audacity to display them outside their home?! Did they wanna get caught? Geeeees! Such stupidity!
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http://mmajunkie.com The UFC isn't the only promotion that pays out show money for displaced fighters.
Waylon Lowe (13-4) was a week away from his first fight in five months when he got word his opponent had withdrawn. A replacement couldn't be found.
The promoter's rep could only apologize when Lowe complained he was already out money, and at a terrible time with the holidays approaching. About an hour later, the rep called back.
World Series of Fighting President Ray Sefo had decided Lowe would get his show money for the fight, which was scheduled against Fabio Mello at WSOF 1 on Nov. 3.
Now, Lowe told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) he can put in more training for his WSOF debut, which he expects to take place in February.
"Because they gave me that money, I really want to please them and put on a really good fight," Lowe said.
Since roster cuts forced his exit from the UFC in 2011, Lowe, a two-time NCAA Division II wrestling champ, has struggled to stay afloat as a fighter with a family.
The 32-year-old Tennessee native and father of a 2-year-old daughter moved to Philadelphia three years ago to work in the fitness industry and coach wrestling at the University of Pennsylvania. He quit those jobs when the UFC came calling. When UFC matchmaker Joe Silva told him the promotion's merger with the WEC had created an unsustainable glut of lightweights, he took a job loading warehouses.
Lowe worked lots of overtime to make ends meet. If he missed the train back to Philadelphia at the end of the day, he slept at the warehouse.
He hasn't owned a car in five years. He said he didn't much train before or after his cut from the UFC.
"I pray a lot," he said. "I don't know how I get through it."
Still, Lowe stopped his opponent when he returned to the cage eight months later. Then he stopped his next two by strikes. A wrestler by trade, Lowe went 2-2 inside the octagon at 155 pounds. At featherweight, he was a different fighter.
"I think he was too small for 155, but now he's in the right weight class," said WSOF matchmaker Ali Abdel-Aziz. "We're looking forward to having him. I think he's going to do very well."
Lowe's proposed opponent, Mello, is expected to compete at his natural bantamweight class, so a matchup has yet to materialize for February.
Lowe is back in the gym now, training with ex-UFC champ Frankie Edgar and ex-Bellator champ Eddie Alvarez, among others. He has a regular ride that picks him up from the train station in New Jersey. He rides his bike to boxing gyms around Philly.
For now, the environment is right to pursue an MMA career the right way.
"They don't understand how much the money helps me out," Lowe said. "Right when I'm at my breaking point, boom, something comes up. It was a blessing that wasn't expected."
For more on World Series of Fighting 2 and the promotion's upcoming schedule, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.


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Chertoff to speak at Thursday dinner
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff will be the guest speaker at the Pike County Chamber of Commerce's 2007 signature event Thursday evening.
The chamber's "An Evening with Michael Chertoff" is being held at Skytop Inn in Skytop. Chertoff, who rarely makes public speeches, will talk about the state of Homeland Security.
Chertoff was sworn in as the second secretary of Homeland Security on Feb. 15, 2005. Chertoff formerly served as United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Chertoff was previously confirmed by the Senate to serve in the Bush administration as assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division at the Department of Justice. As assistant attorney general, he helped trace the 9/11 terrorist attacks to the al-Qaida network, and he worked to increase information sharing within the FBI and with state and local officials.
Chertoff graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1975 and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1978. From 1979 to 1980 he served as a clerk to Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Jr.
The Pike County Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit organization consisting of over 450 area businesses, professionals and civic organizations. Incorporated in 1962, the membership continues to grow and diversify, all with one common goal: to strengthen the business environment and enhance the quality of life in Pike County.


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Mortar explosion in Nev. kills 7 NC unit Marines
March 19, 2013
By SCOTT SONNER and TED BRIDIS
(HAWTHORNE, Nev., AP) – A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during a training exercise in Nevada's high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of the weapon worldwide until an investigation can determine its safety, a military official said Tuesday.
The explosion occurred Monday night at the Hawthorne Army Depot, a facility used by troops heading overseas, during an exercise involving the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Several Marines from the unit were injured in the blast, authorities said.
The official said it was not immediately clear whether the 60mm mortar shell exploded prematurely inside its firing tube or whether more than a single round exploded. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official wasn't authorized to speak about an ongoing investigation.
Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, the area's major trauma hospital, took eight patients, including one who died, five who are in serious condition, one in fair condition, and one who has been discharged, according to spokesman Mark Earnest.
All the patients are men under the age of 30, he said. Hospital officials described their injuries as penetrating trauma, fractures and vascular injuries.
The rescue was complicated by the remoteness of the site, which is favored because the harsh geography simulates conditions in Afghanistan. A helicopter ride to Reno is 41 minutes long, according to Care Flight spokesman Kurt Althof, and the distance is 2 ½ hours by car. He said Hawthorne and other rural communities rely on helicopters for much of their emergency response.
"The hospitals aren't equipped to handle anything even remotely close to this event," Althof said.
The identities of those killed won't be released until 24 hours after their families are notified.
"We send our prayers and condolences to the families of Marines involved in this tragic incident," said the force's commander, Maj. Gen. Raymond C. Fox. "We mourn their loss, and it is with heavy hearts we remember their courage and sacrifice."
The 60mm mortar is a weapon that traditionally requires three to four Marines to operate, but it's common during training for others to observe nearby. The firing tube is supported in a tripod-like design and fires roughly a 3-pound shell, some 14 inches in length and a bit larger than 2 inches in diameter.
The Marine Corps official said an explosion at the point of firing in a training exercise could kill or maim anyone inside or nearby the protective mortar pit and could concussively detonate any mortars stored nearby in a phenomenon known as "sympathetic detonation."
The official did not know whether the seven dead Marines and several others who were hurt were in the same firing pit, standing nearby for training observation or in an adjoining mortar pit, but any of those situations would have been them in danger after such an explosion.
The official said a worldwide moratorium after such an accident is not unusual and would persist until the investigation determines that the weapon did not malfunction in ways that would hurt other Marines or that mortars manufactured at the same time as the one involved in the accident were safe to continue to use.
The official said it would be normal to warn other U.S. military branches that use 60mm mortars, such as the Army, about the Marines warning. The moratorium could last for weeks or months.
The investigation will focus on whether the Marines followed procedures to properly fire the weapon, whether there was a malfunction in the firing device or in the explosive mortar itself, the official said.
The Hawthorne Army Depot stores and disposes of ammunition. The facility is made up of hundreds of buildings spread over more than 230 square miles, and bunkers dot the sagebrush-covered hills visible from the highway. Snow-capped mountains jut up in the east.
Hawthorne has held an important place in American military history since World War II when it became the staging area for ammunition, bombs and rockets for the war. The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection says that the depot employed more than 5,500 people at its peak. Nevada was chosen for the location because of its remoteness in the wake of a devastating explosion at the government's main depot in New Jersey in the 1920s.
It opened in September 1930 as the Naval Ammunition Depot Hawthorne and was redesignated Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant in 1977 when it moved under the control of the Army, according to its website. In 1994, the site ended its production mission and became Hawthorne Army Depot. The site currently serves several purposes for the military, including storing ammunition and explosives and providing what the military calls an ideal training facility for special forces preparing for deployments to similar desert terrain.
Nevada and North Carolina political leaders expressed their sympathy.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., gave his condolences to victims of the explosion during a Tuesday morning speech on the Senate floor. Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller tweeted, "Thoughts and prayers are with the families who lost a loved one in the Hawthorne Army Depot explosion. Grateful for their service."
"I was so saddened to learn about the seven Marines from Camp Lejeune who were killed last night in Nevada," U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., said in a statement. "My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the Marines who were killed and those who were injured, and I will continue to monitor the investigation so we can find out what happened and take appropriate steps."
In the small town near the depot, a massive flag in a park across from the local war memorial waved at half-staff.


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For graduate students, 'practical experience' can mean a lot of
different things. For some of us this means traveling to foreign
countries for digs and research, volunteering in labs, internships at
potential employers, or simply participation in conferences and
papers. Regardless, practical participation in our fields is extremely
important to our future success.
Jensie Simkins:
These days it seems like even "entry-level" jobs are asking for
candidates with experience. It's a little tricky, but not impossible,
to round out your resume and skill set while you're in school. This
semester, I have been working as an intern for a marketing/design
firm. I'm not paid, but was able to get some credits toward my
Master's for my work while I'm there. The work I do for my internship
is invaluable and is giving me experience in lots of areas I'm
interested in pursuing for my career. Many places take interns, and
many more would probably be willing to make an internship if you ask.
It's also definitely worth doing the legwork to find out how to get
school credit for the position! Although a little clichéd, volunteer
work is another way to get experience while in school — especially if
you can be involved with the organization for a longer term than just
a semester. Work your way into a position that can be applicable to
your career, and always look for opportunities to take leadership
positions. Finally, it is relatively quick, easy, and non-committal to
job shadow someone in your field. You can see what the day to day of
the job is like and hopefully learn a few tips or skills that will
help you in the future!
Chris Stawski:
As a graduate student (or as my partner likes to call me, a "lifelong
learner") I soon realized early in my career that in order to be
successful, I had to leave my classroom comfort zone. I had that part
down pat. But in order to gain professional experience, I needed to
learn how to write, present, and research outside the classroom.
Ultimately, this means presenting at conferences, submitting articles
to journals, and doing multi-disciplinary research.
A vital aspect that underlies all these out-of-classroom experiences
is collaboration. The professional experience that you will need to
accumulate derives from the ability to work and do research with your
peers, faculty, and advisors. Collaboration is essential to the
process of becoming a professional in your field, and it is vital to
the learning experience. By collaborating with someone on, lets say a
journal manuscript, it
not only gives you experience in research, writing, editing, and
ultimately getting your name in print, but also shows that you work
well with others. And this isn't limited to multi-authored papers.
Read any acknowledgement section in a book, article, or dissertation
and you will see successful collaboration at work. For me, the road to
experience starts with collaboration.
Katy Meyers
Practical experience for my discipline is a little different than other peoples. As an archaeologist we are expected to do field work. This means an extended excavation, potentially in a foreign country. We need to show that we can plan an excavation, know the steps for gathering primary data, and use our theories in a practical sense. Doing field work is extremely rewarding in that we gain a wide range of experience, deeply connect with a range of individuals in the profession, and work from the ground up on data and interpretation. However, the requirement to be away in the field for months at a time can be very draining and stressful. It is difficult to balance having a life here and be away for a large amount of time. Once in the field we are faced with uncommon languages, foreign cultures, and in general faced with an unknown world (See Charlotte's post on fieldwork for more information on what we face). Right now I'm faced with the problem of deciding whether to have a library based dissertation, or one that will take me out of the country for a couple months but will give me both primary data and practical experience. Getting this experience is not necessarily part of our program, so its up to us to be proactive and gain that experience. I've been involved in fieldwork where I've paid to attend, been a volunteer teaching assistant for, and also been paid to conduct. It is often this range of experience that gets noticed on my CV. In the end, our discipline is known for getting in the dirt and doing field work, so its essential for us to get this practical experience however we can and to get a wide variety of it.
Terry Brock
Gaining experience in your discipline is one of the most critical parts of being in graduate school. For PhD students, the obvious training comes in research: the majority of our time is spent on learning how to conduct, structure, and write about research. However, this is really only part of the battle: getting an advanced degree is also about learning how to be a professional. Included in this is how to teach, how to present your research, how to engage with the public (who likely supports your research), begin active in your professional societies, and how to work effectively with your colleagues. No matter how good you are at your research, these other components of becoming a professional will be critical to your success. Most graduate programs don't work these elements into their programs, although the training can be found elsewhere. In some cases it comes through your advisor or another faculty mentor, through programming offered by your graduate school, or through your involvement with professional organizations. If your discipline is like mine (I'm in anthropology and archaeology), there may also be opportunities to work professionally in your field, or to gain additional experience through teaching at a community college, assisting in a lab, or getting an internship of some sort. Regardless, it is important to remember that getting an advanced degree is more than just learning about how to be an effective researcher, it's about learning to be a professional, and that includes a wide array of experiences and skills.
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May 23rd, 2011
Preacher now says end of the world will happen in 5 months
By Kim Hutcherson and Dan Gilgoff, CNN
(CNN) - Harold Camping is sticking to his apocalyptic guns.
In his first radio broadcast since his doomsday prediction failed to pan out in a spectacularly public fashion, the California preacher insisted his was an error of interpretation, not fact.
What's more, he has another calculation for the day the world will end - October 21, 2011.
Camping had kept a low-profile since Saturday, the day he had forecast for the return of Jesus Christ to Earth. He and his devoted followers have been warning for months that on May 21, a select 2% to 3% of the world's population would be taken to heaven. Those left behind would face months of tribulation before perishing in the Earth's destruction, which Camping said would happen on October 21.
This is the basis for his new prediction, which Camping claims is not new at all. He told listeners on his Family Radio broadcast Monday that God is "loving and merciful," and had decided not to punish the humanity with five months of destruction.
But he maintains that the end of the world is still coming.
"We've always said October 21 was the day," Camping said during his show. "The only thing we didn't understand was the spirituality of May 21. We're seeing this as a spiritual thing happening rather than a physical thing happening. The timing, the structure, the proofs, none of that has changed at all."
However, Camping said his group would not be mounting another advertising push. In the months leading up to May 21, Family Radio billboards popped up across the country, warning that the end was near.
"We're not going to be passing out tracts," Camping said. "We're not going to put up any more billboards. We're not going to be advertising in any way. The world has been warned. We did our little share and the media picked it up. But now the world has been told, it's under judgment."
Fred Store, who led one of four RV caravans that toured the country in recent months to spread the word about judgment day, said he and other followers heard Camping's broadcast "and we were quite happy - it will be interesting to see what the next couple of months will bring."
"It appears as though this whole [rapture] thing happened in a spiritual, rather than a physical way," said Store, 66. The retired electrician said that he and the other nine members of his five-RV caravan were still at an RV park where they waited for the rapture to arrive on Saturday.
He said the park was within 100 miles of Boston, Massachusetts, but didn't want to disclose the specific location. He said the caravan was waiting for word from Camping's ministry, Family Radio, about arranging the return of the vehicles to the broadcaster's Oakland, California, headquarters.
Store said he and the others in his caravan were not disappointed that the dramatic events associated with the rapture had not come to pass.
"We think that judgment day did happen," he said. "It didn't result in an earthquake, and there were a number of things that weren't exactly the way we said they would be, but we were only reading from the Bible. We've been humbled by the whole experience."
Camping founded Family Radio, a nonprofit Christian radio network with about 65 stations across the country, in 1958. It received $80 million in contributions between 2005 and 2009.
He first inaccurately predicted the world would end in 1994. Despite his poor track record, he has gathered many followers. Some gave up their homes, entire life savings and jobs because they believed the world was ending.
Reporters who were allowed to ask questions during the broadcast Monday pressed Camping on this issue, but he would not admit that he bore any blame for his followers' predicaments.
"I don't have any responsibility," Camping said. "I'm only teaching the Bible. I'm telling ... this is what the Bible says. I don't have spiritual rule over anybody ... except my wife as the head of the household."
Experts in apocalyptic movements said that reinterpretations like Camping's are not uncommon in the wake of failed doomsday predictions.
"Historically, failed prophecies tend to result in disillusionment, with members deserting the group, or, more typically, a faith-saving (and face-saving) statement to the effect that while divine revelation remains infallible, human calculation is not," said Lorenzo DiTommaso, author of the forthcoming book "The Architecture of Apocalypticism" and an associate professor of religion at Concordia University in Montréal, Canada.
"In short: The math was off, and it's back to the drawing board," he said. "If the logic seems a bit self-serving, recall that in the apocalyptic mindset, faith precedes theory, and theory informs the evidence."
–CNN's Jessica Ravitz contributed to this report.
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